Nitecore EA81 8xAA flashlight

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Heres a tear down post and mod post of the EA8 by Old Lumens.

Nitecore EA8 tear down - Modding will be later and in a different thread.

EDIT: I want to state here, for anyone else reading, that this whole thread (or most of it), was based on MY uninformed, knee jerk reaction to something I saw as a problem. The Real problem is my lack of knowledge when it comes to anything other than conjecture. I did what I Normally do and I ran my mouth without having any real knowledge. It's what I do, it's how I am. I develop my own thoughts based on non-scientific results. which ends up being useless words. So, what I am saying is, that…

Modding a Perfectly good EA8, for no apparent reason - Finished! - Beam Shots are up!

Well, since the tear down thread already got fairly long, I figure I will start the modding thread and see where it goes. [ea8z1a] So here's the body, tail cap, head, reflector and heat sink to start with. Wait.... that head doesn't look right. [ea8z1b] Well, it looks a little different than it did a day ago. There's a little story about that. Heating the light was the only way I could think of, to get the head off, since it was loctited on. Unfortunately, it was still so tight that …